Netflix announced that it has cast Sex Education star Simone Ashley to play Kate Sharma Sheffield in season two. I always wanted to see and do and hear things that aren’t normally seen or done or heard in your typical period pieces, and the Sharmas are very much a reflection of that.”Ī post shared by Simone Ashley (opens in new tab)Ī photo posted by on Who will be playing Kate in 'Bridgerton'? “And you also see the close bond that exists in this family. “You really see the authenticity and the details of the Sharmas’ South Asian heritage throughout the series,” show creator Chris Van Dusen says to the outlet.
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Finding some South Asian women with darker skin and making sure that they were represented on-screen authentically and truthfully feels like something that we haven’t seen nearly enough of.” “I wanted to feel like the world we were living in was as three-dimensional as possible, and I wanted to feel like the representation was as three-dimensional as possible too. “Making the Sharmas of South Asian descent was actually a very simple choice,” Rhimes tells Shondaland.
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In the book, their last name is Sheffield and they hail from Somerset, but in the TV adaptation, the family is of Indian descent and their surname is Sharma. Kate’s not coming to London wanting a husband or to be married herself, so she is totally focused on Edwina.” Are the Sharmas Indian in 'Bridgerton'?īridgerton is known for its blind casting, which came into play when it comes to the Sharma women. "She feels a lot of duty as the other sibling. "That puts a lot of responsibility onto Kate to take care of Edwina and make sure she’s being married off in the right way," Ashley continues. Mary is still processing and grieving the loss of her husband, and there’s a lot of trauma for her coming back to England and facing the ton." She tends to make decisions on everyone else’s behalf a little bit, which can be a good thing and a bad thing. Simone Ashley tells Shondaland: "Kate’s taken on the role of caring for Mary and Edwina, and I think she can be quite controlling. “Season two builds on that … and through Kate, we’re seeing the sense of responsibility that goes along with being a woman who doesn’t want to get married but who wants to get her sister married.
She chose love.”Īnd as for Kate and her less-than-eager thoughts about marriage, “the first season was about the constraints that women feel being trapped in the marriage mart,” says Bridgerton executive producer Shonda Rhimes to Shondaland. Is it purely a contractual obligation between two people that will justify families to keep going forward? Or is there an element that allows for true love? That’s a question that Mary had to deal with in her past. “I suppose that makes her quite an original because a lot of Bridgerton speaks to the theme of love versus duty and what is marriage. “Mary comes from a long line of deep-rooted aristocracy in England,” actress Shelley Conn says in an interview with Shondaland (opens in new tab). Now Mary is back from Bombay-a TV setting swap-out for the book's Somerset-and rejoining the aristocracy under the watchful eye of its residents and Lady Whistledown. While the Sharmas debut certainly brings with it a good amount of drama and intrigue, it's nothing new for Lady Mary, whose marriage to a widowed tradesman of no aristocratic standing caused a scandal for her upper-class British family. They move into the home of Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh), who accompanies them to balls around town and helps with the matchmaking. The three Sharmas arrive at the Ton from India to debut Edwina to society and get her married off. A post shared by Bridgerton (opens in new tab)Ī photo posted by on Who are the Sharmas in 'Bridgerton'?Īlong with Kate, season 2 is welcoming two more Sharma ladies to the Bridgeron cast: Kate's younger sister Edwina (played by Charithra Chandran) and their mother, Lady Mary (Shelley Conn).
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